About Fiona
Fiona Small is a counsellor with six years' experience working with people facing anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and a wide range of other concerns. She holds NCPS and provides help for issues such as depression, ADHD, addictions, grief and sleep problems. Fiona also supports people coping with relationship strain, parenting pressures, trauma and major life changes.
Her approach mixes practical thinking with emotional support. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on simple tools to reduce distress.
Background and approach
She listens carefully and works at the client's pace, helping them try different ways of managing difficult feelings and behaviours. Fiona draws on several well-known methods including cognitive behavioural techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work and client-centred listening. She uses elements of dialectical behaviour therapy where helpful, for example to teach skills for managing strong emotions.
People meet her style as warm and down-to-earth. She aims to make sessions feel like problem-solving conversations rather than lectures. Those who have experienced trauma can expect a steady, respectful way of working that emphasises safety and choice.
Fiona offers online and phone options to fit busy lives. She accepts international clients and runs sessions in English. If someone wants to begin, they follow the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before booking a time.
How therapy approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and life changes by teaching practical ways to accept feelings and move forward.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting. That work helps people understand patterns in relationships, manage feelings of abandonment or mistrust, and build healthier connections.
Fiona treats finding the right approach as a shared process. She will ask about your goals, listen to what has and hasn’t helped before, and suggest methods that match your needs. You can try a few approaches and adjust as you go so the work feels right for you.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and preferences. Video works well for a fuller conversation, phone calls need less bandwidth, and messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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